TechCrunch Industry News CES 2025: Nvidia’s AI avatar sat on my computer screen and weirded me out
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Jan 10, 2025 At CES 2025, Nvidia showcased an intriguing prototype AI avatar, R2X, that resides on your desktop. This animated, video game-like assistant can help users navigate computer apps. R2X utilizes Nvidia's advanced AI models and is compatible with popular language learning models like GPT-4o. Users can interact with it via text or voice, upload files, and even allow it to view live screen activity. The potential for redefining personal assistance through this technology is captivating!
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NVIDIA's R2X AI Avatar
- NVIDIA's R2X is a prototype AI avatar that resides on your PC desktop, resembling a video game character.
- It helps navigate apps, runs on various LLMs (like GPT-40 and Grok), and interacts via text, voice, files, and screen/camera access.
R2X Open-Sourcing and Privacy
- NVIDIA plans to open-source R2X avatars in the first half of 2025, offering a new UI for developers.
- Users can integrate preferred AI software or run avatars locally, similar to Microsoft's delayed Recall feature but with privacy concerns.
R2X Demo Quirks
- R2X demos exhibited uncanny valley effects, occasional awkward facial expressions, and an aggressive tone.
- It provided generally helpful instructions but also gave incorrect ones and sometimes lost screen-viewing ability.